Alfred fellheimer



A. FELLHEIMER.

TICKET SELLERS CASE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 18, 1918.

1 ,333 ,6 1 O, Patented Mar. 16, 1920.

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lA/l/E/VIOR ATTORNEYS (iii iblliwinwn V A. FELLHEIMER. .TICKET SELLER'SCASE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 18, 1918.

1 ,333, 6 1 O; Patented Mar. 16, 19.29,

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To all whom it may concern:

Be: it known thatI, ALFRED FELLHE M a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the i city' of New "York, borough of Man;

hattan, inthe county "and State of'NeW York, have invented new andImproved o Ticketssellers Gases, of which the"fol lowis; a full,clearfand exact description;

his invention relates'to ticket cases and particularly'to a case forticket sellersand has for an object'the provision of an improvedconstruction over my co-pending application, Serial .No.'196,176,' forticketin which the tickets .arepositioned so as 10- be readilyaccessible at all times, WhllG sellerls booth. f I V a Another object inviewis to provide a case means are providedwhich will indicate the nameand. character of the various. tickets without requiring anexamination'offthe tickets g A still further object of theinvention isto provide a case, having inclined pigeon holes for receiving ticketsand legend holdingmeans adjacent the end'of the pigeon holes whereby thetickets maybepositioned in thepigeon holes loosely or in carriers andremoved with -quickfacilitywhen the case shown in is inuse.

.larged scale.

' In the accomp anying idrawing':

Figure .1 is a fragmentary perspective viewof part of a case disclosingan embo'di-. ment of the mventlon. i

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through acase similar to thatshown in Fig. l, the sameibeing on an enlarged scale Fig. 8 isla frontview of part of the case Fig.1, the saine being onan en- Fig.4 is .adetail" perspective viewfof fa cardpretaining and legend holding; deviceembodying certain features of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a View similarto Fig. 2 disclosing a slight modifiedform ofthe invention.-

'Fig. 6is a perspective view of a carrier for holding tickets, sameembodying certain features ofthe invention.

Fig. 7 is a front view of part of a cabinet showing a slightly modifiedform oftheinventi'on.

Fig. 8. is a fragmentary sectional View through Fig; 7 on line 88.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of a retaining clip for a number of compartments;I

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals 1 indicates a casingwhich is a Specificatigm of Letters Patent. Pat ted, M r; 1 1920, Application fil ed s eptember'18y1318l s eriallio 254,641. i I

providedwith a "number of pigeon holes 2,

vided with groves" 5- 'and- [6 arranged at a steeper angle thanthe-bottom so] as to ac said pigeon holes 'beingarranged withinclinedbottoms3. The partition walls i be- 1 tween eachof the pigeon holes-Qare pro-' I commodate a: clip 7 "which will act, a's'a stop v for thetickets 9 i'n-the' various pigeon holes: The clips 7 are provided withapair of depend-ing'arms Sfadapted to fit into opposite grooves 5. and 6while the body 10 from forming "a top '11, said top having a spur 12'adapted tojsnapi into-the notch'13 as shown" in Figf2 for lockingthe-clip 'l'. in

place. The top '11 isalso provided with a I turned over flange 14 andpressed out clamp 7 ing :stops 15 and 16," said flange; and'said fstopsaccommodatlngcards 17 on wh1ch varlous legends are provlded, asfo'r1'nstance the namesof cities. :It is of; course under- -which these armsextend is bent over "for stood that there is one clip 7 for each of thepigeon holes-2 soas to normally 'pr'e'vent the,

tickets from accidentally moving out ofjthe pigeon holes.

As shown in Fig. 52 the v'arious bottoms are cut awa v atj18 so thatwhenthe finger or thumb'of tli of the tick ets 9; and then slides thesame downwardly said ticketwill pass out of the the accidental passageof any of theftickets e operator-presses against one 1 pigeon holeasfshown in dotted lines in Fig; 2; Preferably the lower ends ofthearmsS are slightly bent so asto normally prevent yielding readilywhen the ticket seller moves theticket manually. Preferably the spur 712 is used for'h'ol'ding the clipin place but r if "desired the "arms 8could "be "slightly spread or contracted as desiredforcausing i a properpinchingkaction against the par titionwalls 4. The'clip is preferablymade from metal soJthat the arms'S and otherv partsflmay be n roved "asjust described, but it is evident that-the clip. could'bemade from woodor other material and instead ofde-f pending on the spur 12 or theresilient arms;

8 for holding, the clip in place it could be held in place by anadhesive of any kind.

When the parts are made of'wood an adhesive is used-and the end 11 iseliminated.

tuted for holdinga legend card. The tickets'9 are arranged on'end inorder to save A metal clip of any desired kind is substidesired bymerely glancing at his case and may remove the proper ticket withoutlooking at the ticket. V In providing a new supply of tickets for thevarious pigeon holes said new supply may be passed through the pigeonholes from the front after removing the clip 7 if desired, or'may bepassed intothe various ticketsmaybeseen. The formation of open- Ipigeonholes from the rear after removing the rearcovering. wall which ispreferablya door. Theconstructionof the case and the clip. 7 andassociate parts not only permits the use of the loose tickets with asuitable follower 21, but also accommodates the tickets when arranged ina carrier 22 as shown in Fig. 6. This carrier is preferably made frompasteboard andis provided with an opening 23 at the front, slotstructures 24 and .25ipermitting a ready removal of the ticket from thecarrier. The5rear of the carrier may be open or closed as desired, butthe tickets are slid into the. carrier from the rear and a. followingblock 21 supplied. for holding the tickets in a proper position andcausing the sameto feed by gravity toward thefront of the carrier. Whenany of the pigeonholes are emptythe carrier 22 may be inserted as shownin Fig.5 and the tickets are in proper position-for being dispensed asdescribed in respect to Figs. 1 and 2. This arrangement of carrier andcase for accommodating the same. is of an appreciable advantage as thetickets 'may be packed in the carrier 22 at the printing shop and tied.up and sealed at that place. The I tickets are "left in the carrierfrom then on until they are used one by one from the "case. The wrappingof course must be removed sothat'the carrier will beasshown' in Fig. 6

before it is placed in the case. v

Figs. 7 to 9 inclusive shown a slightly modified formof the inventionespecially adapted foruse of thecarrier 22 as shown in Fig. 6. In thisform of the invention the compartments 26 extend from one side of thecabinet or case 32 .to.:the. other and are open both at the front andrear. A number of slots 27 are provided in which the di vision platesmay be placed, said division plates being preferably formed of metal,though they may be of other material.

These division plates are used when loose tickets are provided with thecabinet. When the carriers 22 are provided they fill the cabinet fromone side to, the other and by reason of their size and shape fit againsteach other and against the front clip '28 which is formed of woodpreferably, though it may be formed of other material and secured inplace by screws, adhesive, or otherwisefas preferred.- This clip isprovided witha number of openings 29 through which the ings29 naturallyresults in theprovision of 1 a number of tongues 30 whichtonguesstraddle the grooves 27 or thedivision plates when theyareused.As shown in Fig. 8a

metal clip 31 1s provided forreceiving a legend card whereby the ticketseller'may readily see from this legend card the character of the ticketin that particular compartment. When any carrier 22 is emptied it may beremoved from the rear and a new fullfcarrier substituted. As shown inFig. 8 the bottom 3 of each of the compartments is cut away. somewhat atthe front to allow.

the tickets to pass over the clip 31 when moved by the fingerof theoperator. As

shown in Fig. 6 the material of the carrier 22 forming the grooves 24and 25 will pinch to a certain extent the tickets, said pinching actionbeing assisted by the weight of. the tickets and the follower 21. sothat the tickets will automatically remain in place until forced:therefrom by the thumb or finger of the ticket seller.

What I claim is: v In a ticket case the combination with a carrierhaving tickets, said carrier having an opening through which the t cketsmay be removed, of means forming a plurality of inclined compartmentsopen at the top and bottom, each of said compartments being sufficientlywide for accommodating a plurality of carriers, and a clip connected tothe case near the lower end of each compart-.

ment,.eac'h of said clips having a solid section extending across therespective compartments, and .a plurality of spaced depend

